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Blue Willow is a realistic children's fiction book by Doris Gates, published in 1940.Called the "juvenile Grapes of Wrath", [1] it was named a Newbery Honor book in 1941. . Written by a librarian who worked with migrant children in Fresno, California, this story of a migrant girl who longs for a permanent home was considered groundbreaking in its portrayal of contemporary working-class life in A
Doris Gates (November 26, 1901 – September 3, 1987) was one of America's first writers of realistic children's fiction.Her novel Blue Willow, about the experiences of Janey Larkin, the ten-year-old daughter of a migrant farm worker in 1930s California, is a Newbery Honor book and Lewis Carroll Shelf Award winner.
This story is represented in the children's book The Willow Pattern Story, by Allan Drummond. [ 9 ] Blue Willow by Doris Gates (1940) [ 10 ] is a children's novel, a realist fictional account of the Dust Bowl and the Great Depression years that has been called " The Grapes of Wrath for children". [ 11 ]
Willow Town, a 1993 Japanese anime series later dubbed in English in Australia. The Adventures of Mole, first part of a 1995 animated made-for-TV film produced by Martin Gates with a cast including Hugh Laurie as Toad, Richard Briers as Ratty, Peter Davison as Mole, and Paul Eddington as Badger. This part ends shortly after the visit to Badger ...
Deborah Smith is the New York Times bestselling author of more than 35 novels [1] in romance and women's fiction.Her books include 21 series romances under her real name and under two pen names (Jackie Leigh and Jacquelyn Lennox).
Conor Kostick (born 1964) – Epic, Saga, Edda, Move, The Book of Curses, The Book of Wishes; Erik P. Kraft – Chocolatina, Lenny and Mel series, Miracle Wimp; Ruth Krauss (1901–1993) – The Carrot Seed; Adrienne Kress – Alex and the Ironic Gentleman, Timothy and the Dragon's Gate; Uma Krishnaswami (born 1956) – Naming Maya, Monsoon
Her book Our House: Stories of Levittown was a Newbery Medal finalist. [1] Her book Stonewords won an Edgar Award. Conrad was born in New York City and graduated from the New School for Social Research. [1] She died of breast cancer on January 22, 1996, at the age of 48. [1] She lived in Rockville Centre, New York, where she raised two ...
The Stolen One, Crowley's second book, is a historical fiction novel set in Elizabethan England. The Stolen One tells the story of a 16-year-old girl, Kat, who has grown up in modest circumstances under the care of her foster mother. After her foster mother's death, Kat travels to London searching for the identities of her biological parents.